A TSA spokesman says on Sunday, Jan. 20, a man at the interisland terminal was booked on Hawaiian Airlines flight 312 to Hilo.

The man tried to go through the security checkpoint with three knives. TSA screeners found the knives. The screeners told the man the knives can only go in checked luggage and he can put them in his luggage.

About 20 minutes later, the man was back at the TSA checkpoint. This time, the screeners found the knives in a beverage container.

TSA confiscated the knives and, because it was his second attempt, law enforcement was notified.

Law enforcement officials determined the man was not a security threat so he was allowed to fly.

An inert detonator was discovered in a passenger's pocket during a pat-down search after a Charleston (CHS) passenger alarmed the body scanner.

A passenger was transporting live fish, eels and coral in their checked baggage at Miami (MIA). The passenger was attempting to transport 163 marine tropical fish, 12 Trachemys Scripta (red sliders), 22 invertebrates, 24 live coral pieces, 8 pieces of Scleactinina with mushroom polyps, and 8 pieces of soft coral to Maracaibo (MAR). The passenger surrendered the items to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A passenger at Raleigh-Durham (RDU) tried to bring a spear gun on a plane; swords were discovered at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK); a stun gun was found at Cleveland (CLE) affixed to the end of a walking cane; a chainsaw was found at Elmira (ELM) with gas; and shotgun shell Christmas lights were found at Newark (EWR).